Action:
just reproduce and get a bonus roll on my next evolution
Action: Try to see if any other of the nearby filter-feeders are having better luck than me, and attempt to steal their meal.
Round 159 - P.1
~53 million years since the Atroxian Explosion~
Oliverian Period, Nocturnus Stage
Event: 14 - Sweepstakes Colonisation = On the eastern estuaries of Olympia, a creature that has never before set foot on this continent manages to; its a young Gempliaori secarus and itâs been blown all the way in a freak incident by currents from Tartarus, which its kind have been isolated on. Slowly, these newcomers are beginning to adapt to their new surroundings.
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@Agenttine - Points Stored = 3
Mandibulidon serialkilleri (LC)
Tropical Very Humid Plains
You somehow manage to slip out of the other Mandibulidonâs grasp and escape into the murk of the tropical estuary. Apart from the missing leg, your wound doesnât seem to be that bad and the bleeding has stopped. You settle in a patch of algae. A flow from the rising tide drifts a large Protichthys corpse in from the sea. You are starving. (6)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 8cm / 12 months
Health: Missing leg, starving
Nutrition/Hydration: 15/77 (20%) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Mandibulidon serialkilleri
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe, Subtropical Desert, Chaparral, Temperate Forest, Taiga Estuaries
Distribution: Tartarus Brackish and Freshwater
Niche: Predator
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (9.6 x 8 =) 77NP
Predecessor: Ocuteras segmipano
Classification: Mandibulidontinae (sf), Ocuterasidae (f), Mandibulata (so), Critteroidea (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, blurry front vision with depth perception. Can perceive blue and green light.
Latest Mutations: Improve Bite Force = 6, Increase Size = 3, Legs = 4
Info: Large, tough pincers around the mouth can break through even the calcified exoskeleton of its cousin, Gempliaori and sharp barbs like teeth on the inside of the pincers shred up food into more manageable pieces. It hunts this other species but can also be found feeding on vegetation. Compared to Gempliaori itâs four pairs of legs are rather simple, but they still help it walk around on surfaces and even briefly on land.
_Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation, a proboscis and protected by a jointed, tough chitin shield. Slightly longer, touch chitinous pincers protrude from around the mouth, with sharp barbs. There are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It also has two eyes on the front of the head and one compound eye on each side. Two receptor types means it has dichromatic colour vision. Spiracles sit behind the head. It has four pair of simple, chitinous legs. There is a chitinous fan-tail, above a hyponome, at the rear.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins - the spiracles link to the major blood vessels. Also, a network of protonephridia expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a muscular stomach with digestive juices followed by coiled intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. There is a swim bladder in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The body contains a coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid.
Discoverer: Serialkiller
@immortaldragon - Points Stored = 0
Pigocauda corallus (NT)
Tropical Shallows
The current takes you past the seabed, which is heading deeper. Eventually, you cannot see it at all, just empty ocean and the Parasiphunculus around you. Another thing you see is an Anazitonta in the distance, as it begins moving closer. It heads right in your direction and you try to swim away but against the current; you ended up going nowhere. The Anazitonta arrives, causing the other animals to scatter, and it bites your tail. The flimsy scales shatter and break off, severely wounding your tail. A trail of your blood leaks out around you, in this empty ocean current, with the light dimming slightly, and the Anazitonta returning for another bite. (1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 40% (Juvenile) / 2cm / 4 months
Health: Shattered scales, bleeding tail
Nutrition/Hydration: 11/17 (65%) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Pigocauda corallus
Latest Mutations: Better eyes with a transparent humor or rather than water = 4, Armour plates around head and jaw = 1, Two-chamber heart = 4
Info: This relatively slow-going proto-fish mainly sticks near to the seafloor because this is where itâs food is located. Unlike its hunting relatives, itâs too slow to be able to hunt enough nutrient-rich food and instead feeds on soft corals. The reason for its lack of speed is the strange scales covering its tail from tip to base; it is composed of heavy but brittle scales that provide no protection but restrict movement of the critical tail. However, it has better stamina because of a two-chambered heart and better eyesight with an actual true eye (composed of a aqueous humor supporting a cornea and lens bending light to the retina) that helps it pick out the soft corals.
Status: NT
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Polar Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Polar Temperate Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator (eats soft corals)
Size: 6cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (86/10 X 6 =) 51.6NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: 25NP / 41NP
Abilities: Permeable Skin. Bioluminescence. Short-Term Memory.
Perception: Decent binocular vision in front, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: Streamlined fish-shape body with black pigmentation; it has oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines on itâs base. A brittle, heavy type of scale covers the tail from tip to base. Cycloid scales cover the thin skin layer, a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing lots of razor-shaped teeth, olfactory receptors and forwards facing eyes - with aqueous humor supporting the cornea and lens directing light to the retina - make up the face.
Internal Features: Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin, pumped by a two-chambered heart. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage membrane. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has stomach a with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A slightly bigger brain, with a memory lobe, encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body, near to the electric organ. It hosts male and female gonads. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
@soundwave - Points Stored = 3
Anazitonta anazitonta (LC)
Temperate Upper Ocean
From your spot in the cliff, you look out into black, impenetrable water. You detect the electrical signals of quite a lot of small movements just above the cliff, and in the dark, you slip out of hiding and into predatory mode. The Parasiphunculus swimming above do not know what hit them and you easily manage to snatch one of them in your teeth and consume it. Over the next few months, you grow into a subadult. Once again you are in the dark, although the Parasiphunculus have scattered and now move randomly a bit further away. You can also smell another couple of Anazitonta in the area. (4 + 1)
Status:
Maturity/Size/Age: 80% (Subadult) / 4cm / 19 months
Health: Healthy
Nutrition/Hydration: 30/30 (100% - 50% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
Notes: None
Anazitonta anazitonta
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Predator
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (76/10 X 3.5 =) 26.6NP
Predecessor: Leptia validus
Classification: Sanicthyopsinae (sf), Skelechelusidae (f), Eoicthyes (o), Chordata (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry binocular vision in front, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Memory = 5, Better Electroreception = 6, Teeth Able to Rip Chunks = 5
Info: This is a predator with a sharp bite, with many blade-like teeth built to slice through chunks of flesh. This makes it easier to hunt larger animals. A much more sensitive electroreception ability means electric signals from other animals can be detected further away and when they are creating less of a signal, such as moving slowly. Electricity generated from the electric organ can make the surroundings even clearer. Along with this, short-term memory records experiences, allowing the animal to remember things like where food is and where it is safe.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: Streamlined fish-shape body with black pigmentation; it has oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines on itâs base. Cycloid scales cover the thin skin layer, a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing lots of razor-shaped teeth, olfactory receptors and upwards facing pinhole eyes make up the face.
Internal Features: Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage membrane. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has stomach a with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A slightly bigger brain, with a memory lobe, encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body, near to the electric organ. It hosts male and female gonads. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: Soundwave
@blackink - Points Stored = 2
Sarcodiscus acrodontus (LC)
Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Plains
Suddenly, the pool is covered in shade as thick grey clouds roll into the sky. Rain is poured forth and the water level starts rising, refreshing the water. You are no longer waiting for death but are able to feed on those who did not survive. You cannot move the corpses but you are perfectly safe as you attach your mouth and hold your body to the corpse of a fallen comrade and begin absorbing the nutrients. Over the next few months of feeding, you grow into a juvenile. The pool increases in size and joins up with a stream running over a pebbly seabed, with small hollows between the pebbles, some with small Sarcodiscus and Icthyotelus hiding there. You are still not large enough to resist the fall power of the current, but there is plenty of passing food particles, if you can find a way to shelter yourself. (4 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 30% (Juvenile) / 2cm / 3 months
Health: Healthy
Nutrition/Hydration: 17/17 (100% - 30% left over for growth ) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Sarcodiscus acrodontus
Latest Mutations: Nostrils = 3, Sexes = 2, Iguanaâs Teeth = 6
Sarcodiscus looks a bit like an Earth-lamprey from the front, with a oral disc wider than the rest of the body. This is ringed with many sharp, leafed-shaped teeth, bizarrely like an iguanas. The oral disc helps Sarcodiscus to grip onto a recently dead animal and rasp flesh off them without the use of a jaw, which it does not have. However, there are no animals regularly large enough to sustain parasitism for this animal and it is no longer a filter-feeder, so it lives off of corpses when it can get them. Otherwise the oral disc and teeth are actually used for prising off algal films from rock, but for this the teeth are a bit of an overkill. In addition, it can also absorb nutrients from corpses through its skin. Compared to their relatives, they only produce about half the amount of young with each spawning.
Status: LC
Habitat: Tropical Very Humid Plains, Tropical Monsoon Plains, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Plains, Tropical Arid Plains, Subtropical Very Humid Plains, Subtropical Monsoon Plains, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Plains, Subtropical Arid Plains, Subtropical Very Arid Plains, Subpolar Warm Oceanic Summer Semi-Arid Plains
Niche: Herbivore, Scavenger
Size: 7cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (8.3 x 7 =) 58NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: 26NP / 46NP
Abilities: Permeable Skin. Nutrient Absorbent.
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can use electroreception and chemoreception up to ten metres away.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a tapering body with blue pigmentation and a paddle-like caudal fin fused with the long dorsal fin. It also has triangular pectoral ray-fins. The thin skin layer over the body has a line line of electroreceptors along the flank. Mechanisms in the skin and gills can transfer nutrients directly into the body. At the front of the head is an oral disc covered in rings of sharp, leaf-shaped teeth as well as
two sideways facing cup eyes and chemoreceptors.
Internal Features: There are three gill slits each side of the head. The muscles on each side are attached between the body wall and cartilage vertebrae. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with carnivorous digestive juices followed by intestines with herbivorous microfauna, leading to the anus. The brain encased in the head connects to a ring around the mouth. The brain connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. There is an oil-filled swim bladder in the middle. The hemacoel cavity, an open circulatory system, has red blood containing haemoglobin. It hosts both male and female gonads. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
@Biologicah - Points Stored = 1
Elinopterus yasyarkrnkani (CR)
Tropical Shallows
Night falls over the open water and you are quickly plunged into darkness. This darkness means that you cannot see and you therefore find no prey to attack, so you simply remain where you are. In the morning, sunlight reveals that you can see the shallow shelf in the distance, with small specks of animals darting around it. In all other directions is empty, blue, ocean, except an Anazitonta patrolling the outer water. (3)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 50% (Juvenile) / 2cm / 6 months
Health: Healthy
Nutrition//Hydration: (70%) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
[details=âElinopterus yasyarkrnkaniâ]
Status: CR
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Predator
Size: 4cm (length)
Nutritional Worth:
Predecessor: Elinopterus gammavianus
Classification: Codowecoiinae (sf), Codowecoiidae (f), Annelida (o), Critteroidea (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Has blurry binocular vision at the front and blurry vision at the side with no depth perception, can detect chemicals over 10 metres.
Latest Mutations: Muscles = 2, Better Digestive System = 3, Hearing = 3
Info: This species has suffered from a genetic problem - the hydrostatic muscles that ring the body and create movement are weaker. This makes it slower and weaker.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation and a proboscis. It has a thin skin layer. A sharp, keratin beak forms over the mouth and there are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It has two pinhole eyes on the front of head and one also on each side. It ends in a fan-tail, above the hyponome at the rear.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes and osmolytes. Weak hydrostatic muscles surround the coelom. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. An oily swim bladder sits in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The coelom in the middle contains a bitter fluid. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: Biologicah
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R.159 - P.2
@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 1
Gempliaori secarus (NT) Male
Tropical Very Humid Plains
You try to curl and attack the Mandibulidon back but its sharp, strong mandibles finish you before you are able to fight back. (1 = You have not thrived. You will be reborn, as your species goes on.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.6mm / 1 day
Health: Dead
Nutrition//Hydration: N/A
Temperature: N/A
Notes: N/A
[details=âGempliaori secarusâ]
Latest Mutations: Increase Size = 2, Larger, Stronger Claws = 4, Gender = 4
Although smaller than its predecessor, Gempliaori secarus has proportionately larger chela (claws) which are also stronger and sharper. However, these are not quite strong enough to penetrate the armour of its contemporary species and the other species have such undefended skin that Gempliaori pollakra could also cut them. They have an alternative style of reproduction to G. pollakra, with males and females until they are late in life when they become hermaphroditic. This means that they do not breed as much, but that there is a greater mixture of genes.
Status: NT
Habitat: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe, Subtropical Desert, Chaparral, Temperate Forest, Taiga Freshwater & Estuaries
Niche: Herbivore
Size: 6cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (9.6 x 6 =) 58NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: 24NP / 52NP
Abilities: Permeable Skin. Below Freezing Metabolism. Fluid Freeze Prevention. Bitter Taste. Roll Up. Graspers. Can penetrate smooth chitin.
Perception: Sight. Detects chemicals up to tens of metres away. Can perceive blue and green light.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation, a proboscis and protected by a jointed, tough chitin, calcified exoskeleton. Slightly longer chitinous pincers protrude from around the mouth. There are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It also has two eyes on the front of the head and one compound eye on each side. Two receptor types means it has dichromatic colour vision. Spiracles sit behind the head. It has four pairs of legs built for walking but with a lining like a long paddle down each one. Another pair of legs at the head ends in chela (pincers). There is a chitinous fan-tail, above a hyponome, at the rear.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins - the spiracles link to the major blood vessels. Also, a network of protonephridia expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a muscular stomach with digestive juices followed by coiled intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. There is a swim bladder in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The body contains a coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid.[/details]
@PositiveTower - Points Stored = 2
Collodopodus camcordis (NT)
Polar Temperate Upper Ocean
You swim towards the group of Collodopodus as the water begins to get choppier. You approach one and it seems receptive but a sudden storm breaks out and the force of it drives you away from the other Collodopodus. You end up in even shallower water when the storm calms, over a bed of sand. There is little food in the water, but you are now starving. You can, however, still see a Collodopodus in the distance further out to sea. (2)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 5cm / 2 years
Health: Starving
Nutrition//Hydration: 39/97 (40%) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1)
Notes: 1 Reproproduction Point
Collodopodus camcordis
Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (9.7 x 10 =) 97NP
Predecessor: Coliteuthis filocrinis
Classification: Coliteuthisinae (sf), Nimiastomidae (f), Malacoidea (so), Violetamata Š, Bilateria §
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.
Latest Mutations: Heart = 5, Genders = 4, Cephalopod Suckers = 4
Info: The hard shell of this filter-feeder protects it from most attacks, so it is common. It has a dorsal vessel which helps to circulate the blood around to the head. The thread-lined tentacles are tipped with a pad of suckers; these allow it to grip surfaces but since they lack predators and do not need to catch active prey, they have little use. They remain excellent filter-feeders.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed. The female responds to the stimuli of producing eggs by embedding them in her tentacles and tucking the tentacles under her body.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body almost completely covered by a torpedo-shaped, thick calcite shell, with red pigmentation in the thin skin layer. A mouth with small teeth is surrounded by chemoreceptors and four tentacles covered in threads with suckers at the end. There is also a pair of stalks with an eye on each side of the head. A hyponome is also found on the head and can be swivelled in multiple directions independently.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. Three gill slits sit on each side of head. Muscles on each side are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to one nerve cords which branches into a network of nerves, with a notochord running alongside. It hosts both male and female gonads. The shell contains a phragmocone. The hemacoel cavity, an open circulatory system, has violet blood containing hemerythrin and anti-freeze proteins. The blood is pumped to the head by a dorsal vessel. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: PositiveTower
@Spring_blooms - Points Stored = 0
Parasiphunculus springbloomi (LC)
Tropical Shallows
Above a tropical seafloor, populated with sponges and soft corals, you float in the viscous, sunny water. Another Parasiphunculus hatchling has found a good patch of floating food so you charge in and take over the space, stealing the food from the other after a bit of jostling. You manage to survive here for a few months, continue to grow larger, although you are still categorised as a hatchling right now. You continue to filter above the seafloor with other Parasiphunculus, while an Anazitonta patrols at the edge of your sight. (4)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 20% (Hatchling) / 0.9mm / 2 months
Health: Starving
Nutrition//Hydration: 8/8 (100% - 20% left for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Parasiphunculus springbloomi
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 4.5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (8.8 x 2.3 =) 20NP
Predecessor: Tetrabitia caereleus
Classification: Pictolexipotusinae (sf), Pictolexipotusidae (f), Tunicaphora (o), Violetamata Š, Bilateria §
Perception: Can sense chemicals from 10s of metres away, has acute chemical sensing, and has blurry eyesight in one direction with no depth perception.
Latest Mutations: Bigger, Tubes for Food = 2, Better Eyesight = 5, Memory = 6
Info: For some unknown reason, a long, tube-like structure extends down from the main body. Itâs function is not clear so it doesnât seem to do anything positive for the animal. On the other hand, it can see clearly on one side of the body, and at least detect light with the other. It is also able to remember long-term events, and remember dangerous species and prosperous locations, as examples.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body but with an umbrella-shaped top, composed of four lobes that can fold up, with blue pigmentation and four fleshy membranes down the sides, each lined with thousands of cillia. It has a thin skin layer. A mouth with chemoreceptors, small tentacles also with chemoreceptors and a single eye are on the head, with an eyespot on the other side. A long, tube-like structure extends below the body.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. Six gill slits sit each side of head. Muscles on each side are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A slightly bigger brain, with a memory lobe, encased in the head connects to one nerve cords which branches into a network of nerves, with a notochord running alongside. It hosts both male and female gonads. The hemacoel cavity, open circulatory system has violet blood containing hemerythrin and anti-freeze proteins. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: SpringBloom
@Serialkiller - Points Stored = 1
Mandibulidon serialkilleri (LC)
Polar Moderate Oceanic Humid Plains, Early Spring
You hatch into a bed of gravel beneath cool, clear water. The water is rushing quickly overhead, but you are kept from being swept away by being lodged in this gravel. On the edges of the stream, small patches of green algae are being grazed by a few small Gempliaori. A larger Gempliaori is moving along, plundering food caught in the gravel, obliviously moving towards you. (3)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.8mm / 0 days
Health: Healthy
Nutrition/Hydration: 5/8(70%) / 100%
Temperature: Cool (Metabolism x 1)
Notes: None
Mandibulidon serialkilleri
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe, Subtropical Desert, Chaparral, Temperate Forest, Taiga Estuaries
Distribution: Tartarus Brackish and Freshwater
Niche: Predator
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (9.6 x 8 =) 77NP
Predecessor: Ocuteras segmipano
Classification: Mandibulidontinae (sf), Ocuterasidae (f), Mandibulata (so), Critteroidea (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, blurry front vision with depth perception. Can perceive blue and green light.
Latest Mutations: Improve Bite Force = 6, Increase Size = 3, Legs = 4
Info: Large, tough pincers around the mouth can break through even the calcified exoskeleton of its cousin, Gempliaori and sharp barbs like teeth on the inside of the pincers shred up food into more manageable pieces. It hunts this other species but can also be found feeding on vegetation. Compared to Gempliaori itâs four pairs of legs are rather simple, but they still help it walk around on surfaces and even briefly on land.
_Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation, a proboscis and protected by a jointed, tough chitin shield. Slightly longer, touch chitinous pincers protrude from around the mouth, with sharp barbs. There are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It also has two eyes on the front of the head and one compound eye on each side. Two receptor types means it has dichromatic colour vision. Spiracles sit behind the head. It has four pair of simple, chitinous legs. There is a chitinous fan-tail, above a hyponome, at the rear.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins - the spiracles link to the major blood vessels. Also, a network of protonephridia expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a muscular stomach with digestive juices followed by coiled intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. There is a swim bladder in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The body contains a coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid.
Discoverer: Serialkiller
@OoferDoofer - Points Stored = 2
Anazitonta anazitonta (LC)
Tropical Shallows
You watch a younger Anazitonta as it chases down a Masticephalus, then catch it and bite through it, killing it. Before it can come back for the rest of the corpse, you charge at it and it is scared off. You are able to freely eat the Masticephalus and you finally grow into a full adult, against the odds, ready to reproduce. There are plenty of Masticephalus and Anazitonta darting around. (6 + 1 = Ding, ding, ding! Congrats, you have won a bonus point! See the reward shop at the top of the round.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 5cm / 12 months
Health: Blind in one eye
Nutrition//Hydration: 38/38 (100%) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Anazitonta anazitonta
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Predator
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (76/10 X 3.5 =) 26.6NP
Predecessor: Leptia validus
Classification: Sanicthyopsinae (sf), Skelechelusidae (f), Eoicthyes (o), Chordata (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry binocular vision in front, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Memory = 5, Better Electroreception = 6, Teeth Able to Rip Chunks = 5
Info: This is a predator with a sharp bite, with many blade-like teeth built to slice through chunks of flesh. This makes it easier to hunt larger animals. A much more sensitive electroreception ability means electric signals from other animals can be detected further away and when they are creating less of a signal, such as moving slowly. Electricity generated from the electric organ can make the surroundings even clearer. Along with this, short-term memory records experiences, allowing the animal to remember things like where food is and where it is safe.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: Streamlined fish-shape body with black pigmentation; it has oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines on itâs base. Cycloid scales cover the thin skin layer, a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing lots of razor-shaped teeth, olfactory receptors and upwards facing pinhole eyes make up the face.
Internal Features: Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage membrane. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has stomach a with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A slightly bigger brain, with a memory lobe, encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body, near to the electric organ. It hosts male and female gonads. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: Soundwave
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To make you more invested in the game, I will now adopt a policy of not writing anything in your round that you do not mention: if you just say eat, I will make it do the most basic action of eating no matter what roll you get. Iâm not going to add anything on. Also, you should be more specific if necessary or I will just generalise. Write however much you want in however much detail, although the roll will determine how much of what you ask for actually gets done. I suggest paying attention to your surroudnings for most effectiveness. Good luck.
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Thanks for the round stealth even though I died;-;
Id like to be born in Olympia
Hey, so we will see more complex actions happening then, that is great
Action: Slowly approach one of the hollows of the Ichthyotelus (guided by my chemoreceptors) and try to attach my oral disc on the owner in a burst of speed. I will keep its shelter if i am victorious
Thanks for the new round Stealth. It seems itâs time I remind my predecessor species who I descended from.
Action: Iâm too slow to outrun it, so I will instead try to fight. I will turn to face the Anazitonta and try to bite it on the face!
Action: try and find an anazitonta to mate with
action:Take the risk and aproach the hopefully soon to be mating partner
Action: go out into the world and find prey if I detect something dangerous coming my way retreat back to my cave
Round 160 - P.1
~53.3 million years since the Atroxian Explosion~
Oliverian Period, Nocturnus Stage
Event: 2 - None
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Reward Shop
Rewards are subject to change.
- Bonus Point: Get a + or -1 to use on the action roll of any player, yourself included. = 1pt
- Guaranteed Action: Use this on an action to definitely roll a 4 or higher. = 2pts
- Guaranteed Evolution: Use this during evolution to definitely roll a 4 or higher. You can save them up and use multiple at once. = 3pts
- High Roller: Get a guaranteed 6 for either action or evolution. = 4pts
- Call of the Wild: Summon an event that focuses on any specific area of the world you choose. However, the event is random and may be larger than you anticipate. = 5pts
- Evolution Explosion: Every species immediately gets a chance to evolve, including yourself. = 7pts
@Agenttine - Points Stored = 3
Mandibulidon serialkilleri (LC)
Tropical Very Humid Plains
Keeping your eyes peeled for danger, you edge towards the Proticthys carcass and then grab it with your mandibles. You manage to pull it away and onto the land. You walk across the open air for a brief period and carry the corpse into a secluded pool, where there is no competition. You eat as much as you can of the corpse. You rest in this spot. (4 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 8cm / 12 months
Health: Missing leg
Nutrition/Hydration: 54/77 (70%) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Mandibulidon serialkilleri
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe, Subtropical Desert, Chaparral, Temperate Forest, Taiga Estuaries
Distribution: Tartarus Brackish and Freshwater
Niche: Predator
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (9.6 x 8 =) 77NP
Predecessor: Ocuteras segmipano
Classification: Mandibulidontinae (sf), Ocuterasidae (f), Mandibulata (so), Critteroidea (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, blurry front vision with depth perception. Can perceive blue and green light.
Latest Mutations: Improve Bite Force = 6, Increase Size = 3, Legs = 4
Info: Large, tough pincers around the mouth can break through even the calcified exoskeleton of its cousin, Gempliaori and sharp barbs like teeth on the inside of the pincers shred up food into more manageable pieces. It hunts this other species but can also be found feeding on vegetation. Compared to Gempliaori itâs four pairs of legs are rather simple, but they still help it walk around on surfaces and even briefly on land.
_Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation, a proboscis and protected by a jointed, tough chitin shield. Slightly longer, touch chitinous pincers protrude from around the mouth, with sharp barbs. There are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It also has two eyes on the front of the head and one compound eye on each side. Two receptor types means it has dichromatic colour vision. Spiracles sit behind the head. It has four pair of simple, chitinous legs. There is a chitinous fan-tail, above a hyponome, at the rear.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins - the spiracles link to the major blood vessels. Also, a network of protonephridia expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a muscular stomach with digestive juices followed by coiled intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. There is a swim bladder in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The body contains a coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid.
Discoverer: Serialkiller
@immortaldragon - Points Stored = 0
Pigocauda corallus (NT)
Tropical Shallows
You turn to face your attacker and attempt to bite it in retaliation but the Anazitonta dodges your weakened attack and then bites you from the side. This second attack becomes too much and you die of blood loss. (1 + 1 = You have not thrived. You will be reborn, as your species goes on.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 40% (Juvenile) / 2cm / 4 months
Health: Dead
Nutrition/Hydration: N/A
Temperature: N/A
Notes: N/A
Pigocauda corallus
Latest Mutations: Better eyes with a transparent humor or rather than water = 4, Armour plates around head and jaw = 1, Two-chamber heart = 4
Info: This relatively slow-going proto-fish mainly sticks near to the seafloor because this is where itâs food is located. Unlike its hunting relatives, itâs too slow to be able to hunt enough nutrient-rich food and instead feeds on soft corals. The reason for its lack of speed is the strange scales covering its tail from tip to base; it is composed of heavy but brittle scales that provide no protection but restrict movement of the critical tail. However, it has better stamina because of a two-chambered heart and better eyesight with an actual true eye (composed of a aqueous humor supporting a cornea and lens bending light to the retina) that helps it pick out the soft corals.
Status: NT
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Polar Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Polar Temperate Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator (eats soft corals)
Size: 6cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (86/10 X 6 =) 51.6NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: 25NP / 41NP
Abilities: Permeable Skin. Bioluminescence. Short-Term Memory.
Perception: Decent binocular vision in front, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: Streamlined fish-shape body with black pigmentation; it has oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines on itâs base. A brittle, heavy type of scale covers the tail from tip to base. Cycloid scales cover the thin skin layer, a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing lots of razor-shaped teeth, olfactory receptors and forwards facing eyes - with aqueous humor supporting the cornea and lens directing light to the retina - make up the face.
Internal Features: Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin, pumped by a two-chambered heart. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage membrane. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has stomach a with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A slightly bigger brain, with a memory lobe, encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body, near to the electric organ. It hosts male and female gonads. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
@soundwave - Points Stored = 3
Anazitonta anazitonta (LC)
Temperate Upper Ocean
You keep patrolling forwards through the dark sea, paying attention to any electrical signals you pick up. You are moving for quite a while when you finally track down an electrical signal. You head towards it and discover it to be a Masticephalus. Getting close, you manage to find it in the dark and snap it up. This meal helps you to grow. Over the next five months of feeding in the ocean, you grow into an adult, capable of reproducing. It is daytime and you are surrounded by open ocean. The surface is not far above you but you can see no floor. You can see Collodopodus filtering through the ocean, and an Anazintonta is patrolling through the current. (4)
Status:
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 5cm / 24 months
Health: Healthy
Nutrition/Hydration: 38/38 (100% - 40% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
Notes: None
Anazitonta anazitonta
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Predator
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (76/10 X 3.5 =) 26.6NP
Predecessor: Leptia validus
Classification: Sanicthyopsinae (sf), Skelechelusidae (f), Eoicthyes (o), Chordata (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry binocular vision in front, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Memory = 5, Better Electroreception = 6, Teeth Able to Rip Chunks = 5
Info: This is a predator with a sharp bite, with many blade-like teeth built to slice through chunks of flesh. This makes it easier to hunt larger animals. A much more sensitive electroreception ability means electric signals from other animals can be detected further away and when they are creating less of a signal, such as moving slowly. Electricity generated from the electric organ can make the surroundings even clearer. Along with this, short-term memory records experiences, allowing the animal to remember things like where food is and where it is safe.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: Streamlined fish-shape body with black pigmentation; it has oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines on itâs base. Cycloid scales cover the thin skin layer, a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing lots of razor-shaped teeth, olfactory receptors and upwards facing pinhole eyes make up the face.
Internal Features: Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage membrane. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has stomach a with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A slightly bigger brain, with a memory lobe, encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body, near to the electric organ. It hosts male and female gonads. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: Soundwave
@blackink - Points Stored = 2
Sarcodiscus acrodontus (CR)
Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Plains
In the very warm, fast-flowing stream, you poke your head into a gap between the pebbles but find it empty, so you squeeze inside. Just as you get settled inside, a Gempliaori, complete with exoskeleton, pincers and mandibles, blocks the entrance. You are trapped in this gap. (2)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 30% (Juvenile) / 2cm / 3 months
Health: Healthy
Nutrition/Hydration: 13/17 (75%) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Sarcodiscus acrodontus
Latest Mutations: Nostrils = 3, Sexes = 2, Iguanaâs Teeth = 6
Sarcodiscus looks a bit like an Earth-lamprey from the front, with a oral disc wider than the rest of the body. This is ringed with many sharp, leafed-shaped teeth, bizarrely like an iguanas. The oral disc helps Sarcodiscus to grip onto a recently dead animal and rasp flesh off them without the use of a jaw, which it does not have. However, there are no animals regularly large enough to sustain parasitism for this animal and it is no longer a filter-feeder, so it lives off of corpses when it can get them. Otherwise the oral disc and teeth are actually used for prising off algal films from rock, but for this the teeth are a bit of an overkill. In addition, it can also absorb nutrients from corpses through its skin. Compared to their relatives, they only produce about half the amount of young with each spawning.
Status: LC
Habitat: Tropical Very Humid Plains, Tropical Monsoon Plains, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Plains, Tropical Arid Plains, Subtropical Very Humid Plains, Subtropical Monsoon Plains, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Plains, Subtropical Arid Plains, Subtropical Very Arid Plains, Subpolar Warm Oceanic Summer Semi-Arid Plains
Niche: Herbivore, Scavenger
Size: 7cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (8.3 x 7 =) 58NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: 26NP / 46NP
Abilities: Permeable Skin. Nutrient Absorbent.
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can use electroreception and chemoreception up to ten metres away.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a tapering body with blue pigmentation and a paddle-like caudal fin fused with the long dorsal fin. It also has triangular pectoral ray-fins. The thin skin layer over the body has a line line of electroreceptors along the flank. Mechanisms in the skin and gills can transfer nutrients directly into the body. At the front of the head is an oral disc covered in rings of sharp, leaf-shaped teeth as well as
two sideways facing cup eyes and chemoreceptors.
Internal Features: There are three gill slits each side of the head. The muscles on each side are attached between the body wall and cartilage vertebrae. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with carnivorous digestive juices followed by intestines with herbivorous microfauna, leading to the anus. The brain encased in the head connects to a ring around the mouth. The brain connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. There is an oil-filled swim bladder in the middle. The hemacoel cavity, an open circulatory system, has red blood containing haemoglobin. It hosts both male and female gonads. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 1
Gempliaori secarus (LC) Male
Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Plains
You hatch out into a very warm, fast-flowing stream, living in the shelter of the pebbles and gravel on the riverbed. You walk through the pebbles and find patches of algae on the rock to graze on. You feed well on this. Over three months later, you are still living here and have grown into a juvenile on a mixture of algae and Icthyotelus hatchlings. Other Gempliaori are also scouring the riverbed and algal patches are common on the pebbles. Larger Icthyotelus occasionally swim above. You search through the gaps between the pebbles for more prey and come across a Sarcodiscus hidden deep in a gap. (5 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 35% (Juvenile) / 2cm / 3 months
Health: Healthy
Nutrition//Hydration: (100% - 35% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
[details=âGempliaori secarusâ]
Latest Mutations: Increase Size = 2, Larger, Stronger Claws = 4, Gender = 4
Although smaller than its predecessor, Gempliaori secarus has proportionately larger chela (claws) which are also stronger and sharper. However, these are not quite strong enough to penetrate the armour of its contemporary species and the other species have such undefended skin that Gempliaori pollakra could also cut them. They have an alternative style of reproduction to G. pollakra, with males and females until they are late in life when they become hermaphroditic. This means that they do not breed as much, but that there is a greater mixture of genes.
Status: NT
Habitat: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe, Subtropical Desert, Chaparral, Temperate Forest, Taiga Freshwater & Estuaries
Niche: Herbivore
Size: 6cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (9.6 x 6 =) 58NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: 24NP / 52NP
Abilities: Permeable Skin. Below Freezing Metabolism. Fluid Freeze Prevention. Bitter Taste. Roll Up. Graspers. Can penetrate smooth chitin.
Perception: Sight. Detects chemicals up to tens of metres away. Can perceive blue and green light.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation, a proboscis and protected by a jointed, tough chitin, calcified exoskeleton. Slightly longer chitinous pincers protrude from around the mouth. There are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It also has two eyes on the front of the head and one compound eye on each side. Two receptor types means it has dichromatic colour vision. Spiracles sit behind the head. It has four pairs of legs built for walking but with a lining like a long paddle down each one. Another pair of legs at the head ends in chela (pincers). There is a chitinous fan-tail, above a hyponome, at the rear.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins - the spiracles link to the major blood vessels. Also, a network of protonephridia expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a muscular stomach with digestive juices followed by coiled intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. There is a swim bladder in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The body contains a coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid.[/details]
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R.160 - P.2
@PositiveTower - Points Stored = 2
Collodopodus camcordis (NT)
Polar Temperate Upper Ocean
Through the cool, temperate water, you swim towards another Collodopodus which is hanging about. However, it is unreceptive to your attempts to mate. It doesnât want to mate because it is actually a different species of Collodopodus, so you leave it alone. You are now incredibly hungry. Around you is a fairly murky, sandy shallow, with small amounts of floating detritus. The tide is heading in the direction of even shallower water. A Collodopodus is swimming around in the direction of deeper water. (2 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 5cm / 2 years
Health: Starving
Nutrition//Hydration: 10/97 (10%) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1)
Notes: 1 Reproproduction Point
Collodopodus camcordis
Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (9.7 x 10 =) 97NP
Predecessor: Coliteuthis filocrinis
Classification: Coliteuthisinae (sf), Nimiastomidae (f), Malacoidea (so), Violetamata Š, Bilateria §
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.
Latest Mutations: Heart = 5, Genders = 4, Cephalopod Suckers = 4
Info: The hard shell of this filter-feeder protects it from most attacks, so it is common. It has a dorsal vessel which helps to circulate the blood around to the head. The thread-lined tentacles are tipped with a pad of suckers; these allow it to grip surfaces but since they lack predators and do not need to catch active prey, they have little use. They remain excellent filter-feeders.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed. The female responds to the stimuli of producing eggs by embedding them in her tentacles and tucking the tentacles under her body.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body almost completely covered by a torpedo-shaped, thick calcite shell, with red pigmentation in the thin skin layer. A mouth with small teeth is surrounded by chemoreceptors and four tentacles covered in threads with suckers at the end. There is also a pair of stalks with an eye on each side of the head. A hyponome is also found on the head and can be swivelled in multiple directions independently.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. Three gill slits sit on each side of head. Muscles on each side are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to one nerve cords which branches into a network of nerves, with a notochord running alongside. It hosts both male and female gonads. The shell contains a phragmocone. The hemacoel cavity, an open circulatory system, has violet blood containing hemerythrin and anti-freeze proteins. The blood is pumped to the head by a dorsal vessel. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: PositiveTower
@Spring_blooms - Points Stored = 0
Parasiphunculus springbloomi (LC)
Tropical Shallows
NOT YET VOTED
Above a tropical seafloor, populated with sponges and soft corals, you float in the viscous, sunny water. Another Parasiphunculus hatchling has found a good patch of floating food so you charge in and take over the space, stealing the food from the other after a bit of jostling. You manage to survive here for a few months, continue to grow larger, although you are still categorised as a hatchling right now. You continue to filter above the seafloor with other Parasiphunculus, while an Anazitonta patrols at the edge of your sight. (4)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 20% (Hatchling) / 0.9mm / 2 months
Health: Starving
Nutrition//Hydration: 8/8 (100% - 20% left for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Parasiphunculus springbloomi
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 4.5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (8.8 x 2.3 =) 20NP
Predecessor: Tetrabitia caereleus
Classification: Pictolexipotusinae (sf), Pictolexipotusidae (f), Tunicaphora (o), Violetamata Š, Bilateria §
Perception: Can sense chemicals from 10s of metres away, has acute chemical sensing, and has blurry eyesight in one direction with no depth perception.
Latest Mutations: Bigger, Tubes for Food = 2, Better Eyesight = 5, Memory = 6
Info: For some unknown reason, a long, tube-like structure extends down from the main body. Itâs function is not clear so it doesnât seem to do anything positive for the animal. On the other hand, it can see clearly on one side of the body, and at least detect light with the other. It is also able to remember long-term events, and remember dangerous species and prosperous locations, as examples.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body but with an umbrella-shaped top, composed of four lobes that can fold up, with blue pigmentation and four fleshy membranes down the sides, each lined with thousands of cillia. It has a thin skin layer. A mouth with chemoreceptors, small tentacles also with chemoreceptors and a single eye are on the head, with an eyespot on the other side. A long, tube-like structure extends below the body.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. Six gill slits sit each side of head. Muscles on each side are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A slightly bigger brain, with a memory lobe, encased in the head connects to one nerve cords which branches into a network of nerves, with a notochord running alongside. It hosts both male and female gonads. The hemacoel cavity, open circulatory system has violet blood containing hemerythrin and anti-freeze proteins. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: SpringBloom
@Serialkiller - Points Stored = 1
Mandibulidon serialkilleri (LC)
Polar Moderate Oceanic Humid Plains, Early Spring
NOT YET VOTED
You hatch into a bed of gravel beneath cool, clear water. The water is rushing quickly overhead, but you are kept from being swept away by being lodged in this gravel. On the edges of the stream, small patches of green algae are being grazed by a few small Gempliaori. A larger Gempliaori is moving along, plundering food caught in the gravel, obliviously moving towards you. (3)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.8mm / 0 days
Health: Healthy
Nutrition/Hydration: 5/8(70%) / 100%
Temperature: Cool (Metabolism x 1)
Notes: None
Mandibulidon serialkilleri
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe, Subtropical Desert, Chaparral, Temperate Forest, Taiga Estuaries
Distribution: Tartarus Brackish and Freshwater
Niche: Predator
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (9.6 x 8 =) 77NP
Predecessor: Ocuteras segmipano
Classification: Mandibulidontinae (sf), Ocuterasidae (f), Mandibulata (so), Critteroidea (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, blurry front vision with depth perception. Can perceive blue and green light.
Latest Mutations: Improve Bite Force = 6, Increase Size = 3, Legs = 4
Info: Large, tough pincers around the mouth can break through even the calcified exoskeleton of its cousin, Gempliaori and sharp barbs like teeth on the inside of the pincers shred up food into more manageable pieces. It hunts this other species but can also be found feeding on vegetation. Compared to Gempliaori itâs four pairs of legs are rather simple, but they still help it walk around on surfaces and even briefly on land.
_Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation, a proboscis and protected by a jointed, tough chitin shield. Slightly longer, touch chitinous pincers protrude from around the mouth, with sharp barbs. There are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It also has two eyes on the front of the head and one compound eye on each side. Two receptor types means it has dichromatic colour vision. Spiracles sit behind the head. It has four pair of simple, chitinous legs. There is a chitinous fan-tail, above a hyponome, at the rear.
Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins - the spiracles link to the major blood vessels. Also, a network of protonephridia expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a muscular stomach with digestive juices followed by coiled intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. There is a swim bladder in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The body contains a coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid.
Discoverer: Serialkiller
@OoferDoofer - Points Stored = 2
Anazitonta anazitonta (LC)
Tropical Shallows
The sky is darkening as you head out to find a mate in the tropical lagoon and it soon becomes totally dark. You are relying on your electroreception and smells to find a mate. There are plenty of electrical signals and smells that you try and follow but it is unclear which ones belong to an adult Anazitonta. You continue trying, although it is fruitless. Eventually, dawn arrives and then finally day. You can once again see the many Masticephalus that live here, floating through the water, followed by several Anazitonta. (1 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 5cm / 12 months
Health: Blind in one eye
Nutrition//Hydration: 25/38 (65%) / 100%
Temperature: Very Warm (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Anazitonta anazitonta
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Predator
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (76/10 X 3.5 =) 26.6NP
Predecessor: Leptia validus
Classification: Sanicthyopsinae (sf), Skelechelusidae (f), Eoicthyes (o), Chordata (sc), Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry binocular vision in front, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Memory = 5, Better Electroreception = 6, Teeth Able to Rip Chunks = 5
Info: This is a predator with a sharp bite, with many blade-like teeth built to slice through chunks of flesh. This makes it easier to hunt larger animals. A much more sensitive electroreception ability means electric signals from other animals can be detected further away and when they are creating less of a signal, such as moving slowly. Electricity generated from the electric organ can make the surroundings even clearer. Along with this, short-term memory records experiences, allowing the animal to remember things like where food is and where it is safe.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.
External Features: Streamlined fish-shape body with black pigmentation; it has oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines on itâs base. Cycloid scales cover the thin skin layer, a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing lots of razor-shaped teeth, olfactory receptors and upwards facing pinhole eyes make up the face.
Internal Features: Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage membrane. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has stomach a with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A slightly bigger brain, with a memory lobe, encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body, near to the electric organ. It hosts male and female gonads. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.
Discoverer: Soundwave
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Action: Try to use my small size as an advantage, rotate and swim away, hopefully by the force of the fins i will move some sand burying the Gempliaori to asphyxiate and eat
Action: wake up early to go and find a mate
Thanks for the round stealth, im sill loving the game and whoever takes bios spot should join my linage! Go bug squad!!!
Action: try sticking my proboscis in the hole to grab it out and cut it into pieces with my claws, if it wont fit then try to dig my way in. Im coming for you ink!
For anyone else watching, hereâs your chance to get involved! We have an opening for a new player.
This means you @zenzonegaming and @Skyguy98!
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Action: Find a mate and reproduce stay on high alert to be ready in case of an attack
I want to join! (post filler)